Re: Word usage in group versus out of group.
| From: | Irina Rempt-Drijfhout <ira@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, May 21, 1999, 13:25 |
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On Thu, 20 May 1999, John Cowan wrote:
> "Yankee" probably belongs to this category (Dutch "Jan Kees", John
> Cheese).
"John Cheese" would be "Jan Kaas". Kees, like Jan, is a very common
Dutch name, and the combination Jan-Kees is not unusual either.
Irina
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